Saturday, Sep 8: Brasov – Zarnesti (Gura Raului Cabin)

Today was an easy traveling day. I woke up at 9:30 and caught the 12:00 O’clock train from Brasov tp Zarnesti and arrived at 12:39. Again I had some shoe issues and had to stop at a shoe repair shop and had my right boot fixed a bit. I then walked 3km to a Gura Raului Cabin, where I arrived around 14:00. Right after my arrival it started raining. The place seemed very nice and promising at first. However, my room was freezing (I used three blankets) and the restaurant/reception/bar area, which was warm, was a smoking area. Therefore, I had a choice between suffocating or freezing. Not an easy choice. The receptionist also annoyed me as she asked that I don’t open the window, and later in the evening when I found a non-smoking area, she asked that I leave as it apparently had a private gathering. Additionally, there were simply too many people around, the result of the proximity to town I presume. Lastly, the bed was crap as I could feel the springs in my ribs. This is not the first time. What’s up with those Romanian beds??